Crush Polo – Why Isn’t Bike Polo on TV?

UrbanVelo: POSTED ON JANUARY 10, 2013 BY MLKABIK IN COLUMNIST

Behold Crush Polo, a new online column from Matt Kabik, editor of Lancaster Polo. Expect news, events, polo opinion, and player/manufacturer interviews to appear here throughout the year. For our first installment we have an editorial piece — Why Isn’t Bike Polo on TV?

I know none of you hipsters own TVs, but let’s just play around in theory here.

Bike polo has proven to be a healthy, growing, and popular sport with those who encounter it. In fact, it’s grown at such a steady rate that even my own club in little ol’ awesome Lancaster has a strong headcount on most nights for pickup.
 
Despite that, it seems like bike polo as a sport is still relatively unknown by people outside of it. Unlike Cheese Rolling or competitive caber tossing, nobody who isn’t playing or mistakenly involved with a polo player seems to have much of an idea of what hardcourt bike polo is. I mean, Microsoft Word tries to correct me when I write hardcourt – and if Microsoft doesn’t have my back, who will?!

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All Florida 5 - Tallahassee Bike Polo

December 8th & 9th!

Pick-up Friday night of course!

Registration opens October 21st!

Register here: http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.org/polo/main/tournament/94.html

Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/195523790582014/?fref=ts

Cost/Flyer/Sponsors/Location – TBA!!!

We are excited to be hosting All Florida 5! More information will be announced as the date gets closer!

To sponsor this event please contact christopherhill0@gmail.com

If you would like to donate feel free to do so below. Every bit helps.

Count it!

Info at http://tallahasseebikepolo.wordpress.com/all-florida-5/